Amy pressure is growing on britain and the United States to pay reparations and apologize for expelling residents of the Chagos Archipelago in the indian ocean more than a halfcentury ago so the United States could build a Major Military base on the island of diego garcia. We will speak to a leading chagossian activist. Then we go to new mexico where a trump supporter wearing a maga hat opened fire on an indigenousled protest last week against the reinstallation of a statue honoring a 16th century spanish conquistador. One indigenous climate activist was shot and needed to be airlifted for emergency surgery. We will get the latest. And a shocking new report estimates psalm 35,000 people in the United States have been killed at the hands of u. S. Law enforcement since the year 2000. We will speak to two researchers which had revealed a number of brown and black People Killed by police may be more than double the amount that has been widely reported. The Database Project goal is to provide as accurate a count of the deaths of latinos and other persons of color by him or at the hands of police. It is a breakthroughs ready that expands on the Data Collected by other resources. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. N. Security Council Voted monday to deploy multinational armed forces to haiti as the island nation combats worsening gang violence. The intervention which came at the repeated request of u. S. Backed haitian Prime Minister ariel henry will be led by kenya, marking the First Time InternationalSecurity Forces are sent to haiti in nearly 20 years. The proposal received 13 votes in favor, with russia and china abstaining. The resolution was drafted by the United States and ecuador, allowing foreign troops to remain in haiti for one year, with a review after nine months. The Biden Administration pledged at least 100 million to fund the foreign operation. This is the United States deputy ambassador to the u. N. Jeffrey delaurentis. This Mission Comes at the request of the haitian government and Haitian Civil Society to address the insecurity and dire humanitarian crisis the country has faced for far too long. The deployment of this mission will help to support haitis critical nearterm needs and to foster the security conditions necessary for the country to advance longterm stability. Amy kenya had previously offered to contribute 1,000 Police Officers. The bahamas, jamaica, and antigua and barbuda have also vowed to send forces. Many haitians have opposed the move due to the disastrous history of u. N. , u. S. , and foreign interventions in haiti. A u. N. Mission that left haiti in 2017 left behind an endemic of cholera that killed some 10,000 people. U. N. Officials were also accused of widespread Sexual Violence, including the abuse of children. Peace activists have denounced the move as a u. S. Led invasion. Meanwhile Amnesty International has voiced concerns about the intervention and kenyanled armed forces, recently citing kenyas continued unlawful use of force against protesters. in 2021, the u. S. Special envoy to haiti resigned to protest the Biden Administrations policies in haiti. In a Resignation Letter the longtime diplomat daniel foote wrote, what our haitian friends really want, and need, is the opportunity to chart their own course, without international puppeteering and favored candidates but with genuine support for that course. no date has been confirmed for the deployment, but u. S. State secretary Antony Blnken recently said it could begin in months. A United Nations mission has arrived in nagornokarabakh for the first time in three decades, as armenias government warns nearly all of the territorys population of 120,000 Ethnic Armenians has fled following azerbaijans military blitz to seize the territory in september. A u. N. Official in armenias capital said Registration Centers have been overwhelmed with huge numbers of exhausted and frightened refugees, a third of whom are children. People are tired. This is a situation where they have lived nine months under blockade. It is not just something that you pick up and go. When they come in, they are scared, frightened. They want answers as to what is going to happen next. Amy armenia has accused azerbaijan of ethnic cleansing. On monday, armenias European Union envoy urged western nations to sanction azerbaijan including its Lucrative Oil and gas industry and requested military aid for armenia. Here in the United States, the Supreme Court opened its new term monday, hearing oral arguments in a case that will determine whos eligible for reduced prison sentences under the first step act, which rolls back mandatory minimum sentences for certain people convicted of nonviolent drug charges. Today, Supreme Court justices are hearing a case brought by a predatory payday Lending Group challenging the Leadership Structure of the Consumer Financial protection bureau. Legal experts warn the outcome of the case could undermine other regulatory agencies and federal programs including medicare and social security. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has denied an appeal without comment by texas death row prisoner robert roberson, who has always maintained his innocence. He was convicted in 2003 of murdering his twoyearold daughter. His lawyers say he was convicted on the basis of testimony by Forensic Experts who cited the shaken baby syndrome hypothesis which was popularized in the early 2000s, but never scientifically validated. Last month, a new Jersey Appeals Court ruled the theory is junk science. In more news from the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence thomas recused himself from a case monday involving former trump Legal Adviser john eastman, who formally served as a law clerk for thomas. This follows reports that thomass wife, the republican activist ginni thomas, corresponded with eastman ahead of the january 6 insurrection about reversing the election to keep trump in power. Justice thomas did not recuse himself from a case back by new york landlords challenging the citys rent stabilization policies. The anticorruption group wrote in response, Justice Thomas billionaire benefactor harlan crow has an interest in weakening rent control laws to buttress his real estate empires profits. On capitol hill, republican florida congressmember introduced a resolution monday to remove speaker Kevin Mccarthy from his leadership position. Gaetz and other farright republicans for averting a shutdown. Gaetz and other farright republicans have accused mccarthy of making a secret ukraine side deal with democrats which mccarthy denies. Vice president Kamala Harris is swearing in a new member of californias Senate Delegation today, following the death of longtime democratic senator Dianne Feinstein last week. Laphonza butler becomes the first openly lesbian black senator, and just the third black woman to serve in the senate in u. S. History. Donald trump appeared in a manhattan courtroom monday for the start of a civil trial brought by new York Attorney general letitia james. Trump and his Business Partners including his adult sons are accused of fraudulently inflating the value of trump organizations assets to obtain loans and favorable business deals. James is seeking to fine trump 250 million and is asking for a permanent ban on trump family members running a business in new york. No matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. It is my responsibility and my duty and job to enforce it. The law is both powerful and fragile. Today in court, we will prove our case. Amy trump will receive a bench trial presided over by new york Supreme CourtJustice Arthur engoron, after trumps lawyers did not request a jury trial. Speaking to reporters outside the court monday, trump assailed attorney general james as a racist and called the judge a disgrace. He is a democrat operative and a disgrace to people that call themselves judges. This is a judge that should be disbarred. This is a judge that should be out of office. This is a judge that some people say could be charged criminally for what he is doing. Amy on monday, over 30 advocacy groups including citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington and Public Citizen published an open letter calling for the protection of juries in trumps four ongoing criminal cases. The letter cites trumps harassment of jurors in georgia and washington, d. C. , adding these attacks threaten centuriesold american institutions designed by the framers to hold to account any leader who would be king. the u. S. Department of labor has launched an investigation into child labor at poultry processors perdue and tyson foods. The probe comes after lawmakers grilled the head of the Occupational Safety and healthy administrations about reports in the New York Times about Migrant Children getting burned and maimed on the job at perdue and tyson slaughterhouses. This is North Carolina democratic congressmember alma adams ranking democrat on the house workforce protections subcommittee whose repeated requests for a hearing on child labor violations have gone ignored by the committees republican chair, virginia foxx. Thanks to recent news investigations, we also know that children, especially unaccompanied Migrant Children, have been suffering all manner of harms in jobs that they should not be working on in the first place. Take a closer look at those stories. Chemicals so caustic that they burn through layers of gloves, machines without guards to prevent peoples arms are hands from getting mangled. Food dust from chemicals and fumes that irritate the sinuses and lungs. These stories are not just about children and desperate circumstances, they are also about workplaces that are dangerous to the people of all ages. Amy to see our interview with the New York TimesHannah Dreier about her investigation into child labor in the United States, go to democracynow. Org. The World Health Organization has approved the use of a more affordable and highlyeffective vaccine against malaria. Who chief Tedros Adhanom ghebreyesus announced the recommendation monday. In areas with seasonal transmission, it reduced cases of malaria by 75 in the 12 months following a threedose series of the vaccine. Amy the vaccine was developed by the university of oxford and is only the second malaria vaccine to be recommended by the who. Malaria is among the worlds deadliest infectious diseases, and the mosquito that carries it has been described as the worlds deadliest animal. in 2021, over half a million people, largely children under the age of five, died from malaria. The vast majority of them in africa. In california, the longtime leader Dolores Sanchez has died at the age of 87. For nearly four decades, she presided over Eastern Group publications which operated 11 newspapers, bringing news to latin communities on los angeles east side and neighboring cities. And press freedom groups are calling on congress to pass new legislation protecting media workers, on the fifth anniversary of the statesponsored killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi by saudi arabia in istanbul in 2018. The khashoggi act introduced monday would allow lawsuits in the United States against governments implicated in extraterritorial repression. The separate khashoggi resolution pledges u. S. Action to hold the saudi government accountable for human rights abuses. On monday, elected officials in los angeles welcomed friends and family of Jamal Khashoggi to street dedication ceremony on a stretch of wilshire boulevard outside the consulate of saudi arabia. A sign declaring the space Jamal Khashoggi square reads, a journalist and advocate for human rights slain by the saudi government. in washington, d. C. , the National Press club held a moment of silence to remember khashoggi and other journalists whose killings have gone unpunished. Joining the ceremony was michael omerman, director of research for israelpalestine at dawn, the organization founded by khashoggi. Whereas jamals death outrage the world, today, unfortunately that no longer seems to be the case. It is most apparent in saudi arabia but not only. Following the killing, we saw how the u. S. Government tried to redefine accountability in order to shield him from scrutiny. This is on its optimal. Jamal was murdered for the power of his ideas and because even in the face of mortal danger he refused to remain silent. Amy and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman in new york joined by Juan Gonzalez in chicagojuan welcome to our listeners and viewers around the world. Amy pressure is growing on britain and the United States to pay reparations and apologize for expelling residents of the Chagos Archipelago in the indian ocean half a century ago so the United States could build a Major Military base on the island of diego garcia. Diego garcia is located halfway between africa and indonesia and about 1,000 miles south of india. The u. S. Base at diego garcia played a key role in the u. S. Invasions of iraq and afghanistan. For over 50 years, chagossian people have been attempting to return home, but their efforts have been blocked by the u. K. And u. S. Earlier this year, Human Rights Watch accused the two governments of committing crimes against humanity. In a moment, we will be joined by a prominent chagossian activist who is here in the United States who is visiting the United States to meet with u. S. Lawmakers and Biden Administration officials. But first lets turn to an excerpt of a video produced by Human Rights Watch titled the last british colony in africa how chagossians were forced off their homeland. In the 1960s, they ruled over eight countries and three territories in africa. Many african states were already engaged in the process of starting to fight for their independence. Mauritius was fully engaged in this process. But with a major caveat, the u. K. Would keep the chagos art mccalla goes archipelagoes for a small price. U. S. Officials in the era of decolonization were concerned about losing control of the world. So a group of officials in the u. S. Navy developed a plan to identify small islands around the world, and diego garcia became the prime island on which they wanted to build a base. Digger garcia is one of the main islands in the Chagos Archipelago, where many families had lived for generations. The secrecy began being worked out by the u. S. And British Governments in the early 1960s, where the u. S. Government insists to the british that we want, and we wanted without any local population. The British Government agreed to do the dirty work of getting rid of the chagossians in exchange for wiping away a 14 million debt that the British Government owes the u. S. Government. British officials feared they would have to report to the you and about a new colony they had created. With the british do in 1965 is recharacterize entire po